What did you read this year?
Carol’s
average rating for
2024
4.0
really liked it
4.0
I agree with most of the criticisms of this book but I loved it.
I never read Magic Mountain because it sounds insufferable. With this book, Tokarczuk tells me I am probably right, and re-writes Mann's novel for women (Ha).
While I am not in love with any of Tokarczuk's novels yet, I am fascinated by what she writes about, specifically the deep history of the land that is, used to be, or is intertwined historically with Poland. Her books are like trudging through a few inches of newly fallen snow: sometimes lov ...more
While I am not in love with any of Tokarczuk's novels yet, I am fascinated by what she writes about, specifically the deep history of the land that is, used to be, or is intertwined historically with Poland. Her books are like trudging through a few inches of newly fallen snow: sometimes lov ...more